Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5595 - Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP) Community of Practice (CoP)
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo support grant-funded projects and the wider community of relevant stakeholders to communicate, collaborate and catalyse insights, an OPIP ‘Community of Practice’ is proposed to bring together and support projects in sharing their challenges, insights, learnings and solutions.
CPV: Community action programme · Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 90%
- Cost: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Quality
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jun 2026, 10:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
UKRI-5595- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-019563- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066248Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Mar 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
4 Mar 2026 → 5 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published226 days ago4 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMT
- Clarification questions by207 days ago24 Mar 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Submission deadline192 days ago8 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Award decision expected by172 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent171 days ago29 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts159 days ago11 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends158 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published134 days ago5 Jun 2026, 10:42 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Mar 2026- Tender notice published4 Mar 2026, 14:58 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Apr 2026, 14:14 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Apr 2026, 14:14 BST
- Contract signature expected12 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Jun 2026, 10:42 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Innovation Manchester (hosted by Manchester Foundation Trust)UKRI-5595 Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP) Community of Practice12 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £500,000 | 29 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5595 Obesity Pathway Innovation Programme (OPIP) Community of Practice · Health Innovation Manchester (hosted by Manchester Foundation Trust)
- Signed
- 5 Jun 2026
- Value
- £500,000
- Period
- 5 Jun 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The contract value is below £5 million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender